Paul Crauchet
Biography
Paul Crauchet (14 July 1920 – 19 December 2012) was a French actor.
As a young man interested in aviation and rugby, Paul Crauchet discovered a passion for the theatre at the age of 23. He settled in Paris in 1945, he studied under Charles Dullin for three years and began on stage in 1949. He then worked at the Théâtre National Populaire with Jean Vilar.
Crauchet appeared in the first film by Éric Rohmer, The Sign of Leo, in 1959, and then in 1962 in The War of the Buttons of Yves Robert. It is in The Wise Guys of Robert Enrico in 1965 that he became noticed. He had a very long career during which he worked with many directors, such as Alain Resnais, René Clément, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray and José Giovanni. In 1983 he starred in Les Bancals.
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Filmography
Wild Grass
2009
as le 1er patient
Adieu De Gaulle, adieu
2009
as Vieux jardinier
The Merry Widow
2007
as Gaby
The Grocer's Son
2007
as Le Père Clément
Rascals
2006
as Favart adult
Le Marathon du lit
2002
as Simon
Dessine-moi un jouet
1999
as Le mendiant
La Belle Verte
1996
as Osam
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
1995
as Funès Le Chat
Fast
1995
as Pépé
- No poster
Faut-il aimer Mathilde?
1993
as Papy
Les Maîtres du pain
1993
as 'La Fatigue'
Just a Game
1992
as 'Smoking'
Brothers in Arms
1992
as Self (archive footage)
Venus and Lulu
1991
as Pépé Laubépin
Un été après l'autre
1990
as Pa
The King's Whore
1990
as Le Duc de Luynes
My Mother's Castle
1990
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
My Father's Glory
1990
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Alek's Father
Le Passager du Tassili
1987
as M. Vergeli
La Brute
1987
as Yves Rodellec
Les fortifs
1987
as Germain
- No poster
Le temps d'un instant
1985
as Brice